4.66.0 Release

.github/workflows/vale-doc-lint.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/[email protected]
-      - uses: errata-ai/vale-action@reviewdog
+      - uses: errata-ai/vale-action@v2.1.0
         with:
           # added, diff_context, file, nofilter
           filter_mode: nofilter

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,23 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ### 🔄 Changed
 
+# [4.66.0](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift/releases/tag/4.66.0)
+_November 05, 2024_
+
+## StreamChat
+### ✅ Added
+- Add support for system messages not updating `channel.lastMessageAt` [#3476](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift/pull/3476)
+- Add support for sending system messages client-side
+[#3477](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift/pull/3477)
+### 🐞 Fixed
+- Fix watching channels when performing channel search [#3472](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift/pull/3472)
+
+## StreamChatUI
+### ✅ Added
+- Open `shouldMarkThreadRead` and `shouldMarkChannelRead` [#3468](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift/pull/3468)
+### 🐞 Fixed
+- Fix channel list state views not updating when the view is not visible [#3479](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift/pull/3479)
+
 # [4.65.0](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift/releases/tag/4.65.0)
 _October 18, 2024_
 

DemoApp/StreamChat/Components/DemoChatChannelListRouter.swift

@@ -408,10 +408,8 @@ final class DemoChatChannelListRouter: ChatChannelListRouter {
                 }
             }),
             .init(title: "Show Channel Info", handler: { [unowned self] _ in
-                self.rootViewController.presentAlert(
-                    title: "Channel Info",
-                    message: channelController.channel.debugDescription
-                )
+                let debugViewController = DebugObjectViewController(object: channelController.channel)
+                self.rootViewController.present(debugViewController, animated: true)
             }),
             .init(title: "Show Channel Members", handler: { [unowned self] _ in
                 guard let cid = channelController.channel?.cid else { return }
@@ -482,6 +480,15 @@ final class DemoChatChannelListRouter: ChatChannelListRouter {
                     channelController.createNewMessage(text: message, skipPush: true)
                 }
             }),
+            .init(title: "Send system message", isEnabled: canSendMessage, handler: { [unowned self] _ in
+                self.rootViewController.presentAlert(title: "Enter the message text", textFieldPlaceholder: "Send message") { message in
+                    guard let message = message, !message.isEmpty else {
+                        self.rootViewController.presentAlert(title: "Message is not valid")
+                        return
+                    }
+                    channelController.createSystemMessage(text: message)
+                }
+            }),
             .init(title: "Send message without url enriching", isEnabled: canSendMessage, handler: { [unowned self] _ in
                 self.rootViewController.presentAlert(title: "Enter the message text", textFieldPlaceholder: "Send message") { message in
                     guard let message = message, !message.isEmpty else {

Gemfile.lock

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ GEM
       trailblazer-option (>= 0.1.1, < 0.2.0)
       uber (< 0.2.0)
     retriable (3.1.2)
-    rexml (3.3.8)
+    rexml (3.3.9)
     rouge (2.0.7)
     rubocop (1.38.0)
       json (~> 2.3)

Sources/StreamChat/APIClient/Endpoints/Payloads/ChannelListPayload.swift

@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ public class ChannelConfig: Codable {
         case commands
         case createdAt = "created_at"
         case updatedAt = "updated_at"
+        case skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg = "skip_last_msg_update_for_system_msgs"
     }
 
     /// If users are allowed to add reactions to messages. Enabled by default.
@@ -258,6 +259,8 @@ public class ChannelConfig: Codable {
     public let updatedAt: Date
     /// Determines if polls are enabled.
     public let pollsEnabled: Bool
+    /// Determines if system messages should not update the last message at date.
+    public let skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg: Bool
 
     public required init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
         let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
@@ -282,6 +285,7 @@ public class ChannelConfig: Codable {
         createdAt = try container.decode(Date.self, forKey: .createdAt)
         updatedAt = try container.decode(Date.self, forKey: .updatedAt)
         pollsEnabled = try container.decodeIfPresent(Bool.self, forKey: .pollsEnabled) ?? false
+        skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg = try container.decodeIfPresent(Bool.self, forKey: .skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg) ?? false
     }
 
     internal required init(
@@ -296,6 +300,7 @@ public class ChannelConfig: Codable {
         mutesEnabled: Bool = false,
         pollsEnabled: Bool = false,
         urlEnrichmentEnabled: Bool = false,
+        skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg: Bool = false,
         messageRetention: String = "",
         maxMessageLength: Int = 0,
         commands: [Command] = [],
@@ -318,5 +323,6 @@ public class ChannelConfig: Codable {
         self.createdAt = createdAt
         self.updatedAt = updatedAt
         self.pollsEnabled = pollsEnabled
+        self.skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg = skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg
     }
 }

Sources/StreamChat/APIClient/Endpoints/Payloads/MessagePayloads.swift

@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ struct MessageRequestBody: Encodable {
     let id: String
     let user: UserRequestBody
     let text: String
+
+    // Used at the moment only for creating a system a message.
+    let type: String?
+
     let command: String?
     let args: String?
     let parentId: String?
@@ -269,6 +273,7 @@ struct MessageRequestBody: Encodable {
         id: String,
         user: UserRequestBody,
         text: String,
+        type: String? = nil,
         command: String? = nil,
         args: String? = nil,
         parentId: String? = nil,
@@ -285,6 +290,7 @@ struct MessageRequestBody: Encodable {
         self.id = id
         self.user = user
         self.text = text
+        self.type = type
         self.command = command
         self.args = args
         self.parentId = parentId
@@ -312,6 +318,7 @@ struct MessageRequestBody: Encodable {
         try container.encodeIfPresent(pinExpires, forKey: .pinExpires)
         try container.encode(isSilent, forKey: .isSilent)
         try container.encodeIfPresent(pollId, forKey: .pollId)
+        try container.encodeIfPresent(type, forKey: .type)
 
         if !attachments.isEmpty {
             try container.encode(attachments, forKey: .attachments)

Sources/StreamChat/Controllers/ChannelController/ChannelController.swift

@@ -732,7 +732,53 @@ public class ChatChannelController: DataController, DelegateCallable, DataStoreP
             completion: completion
         )
     }
-
+
+    /// Sends a system message to the channel.
+    ///
+    /// - Parameters:
+    ///  - text: The text of the system message.
+    ///  - messageId: The id for the sent message. By default, it is automatically generated by Stream.
+    ///  - extraData: The extra data for the message.
+    ///  - completion: Called when saving the message to the local DB finishes.
+    public func createSystemMessage(
+        text: String,
+        messageId: MessageId? = nil,
+        extraData: [String: RawJSON] = [:],
+        completion: ((Result<MessageId, Error>) -> Void)? = nil
+    ) {
+        guard let cid = cid, isChannelAlreadyCreated else {
+            channelModificationFailed { error in
+                completion?(.failure(error ?? ClientError.Unknown()))
+            }
+            return
+        }
+
+        updater.createNewMessage(
+            in: cid,
+            messageId: messageId,
+            text: text,
+            pinning: nil,
+            isSilent: false,
+            isSystem: true,
+            command: nil,
+            arguments: nil,
+            attachments: [],
+            mentionedUserIds: [],
+            quotedMessageId: nil,
+            skipPush: false,
+            skipEnrichUrl: false,
+            poll: nil,
+            extraData: extraData
+        ) { result in
+            if let newMessage = try? result.get() {
+                self.client.eventNotificationCenter.process(NewMessagePendingEvent(message: newMessage))
+            }
+            self.callback {
+                completion?(result.map(\.id))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new poll.
     ///
     /// - Parameters:
@@ -1285,6 +1331,7 @@ public class ChatChannelController: DataController, DelegateCallable, DataStoreP
             text: text,
             pinning: pinning,
             isSilent: isSilent,
+            isSystem: false,
             command: nil,
             arguments: nil,
             attachments: attachments,

Sources/StreamChat/Database/DTOs/ChannelConfigDTO.swift

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ final class ChannelConfigDTO: NSManagedObject {
     @NSManaged var typingEventsEnabled: Bool
     @NSManaged var readEventsEnabled: Bool
     @NSManaged var connectEventsEnabled: Bool
+    @NSManaged var skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg: Bool
     @NSManaged var uploadsEnabled: Bool
     @NSManaged var repliesEnabled: Bool
     @NSManaged var quotesEnabled: Bool
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ final class ChannelConfigDTO: NSManagedObject {
             mutesEnabled: mutesEnabled,
             pollsEnabled: pollsEnabled,
             urlEnrichmentEnabled: urlEnrichmentEnabled,
+            skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg: skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg,
             messageRetention: messageRetention,
             maxMessageLength: Int(maxMessageLength),
             commands: Array(Set(
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ extension ChannelConfig {
         dto.updatedAt = updatedAt.bridgeDate
         dto.commands = NSOrderedSet(array: commands.map { $0.asDTO(context: context) })
         dto.pollsEnabled = pollsEnabled
+        dto.skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg = skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg
         return dto
     }
 }

Sources/StreamChat/Database/DTOs/MessageDTO.swift

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class MessageDTO: NSManagedObject {
     @NSManaged var replyCount: Int32
     @NSManaged var extraData: Data?
     @NSManaged var isSilent: Bool
+
     @NSManaged var skipPush: Bool
     @NSManaged var skipEnrichUrl: Bool
     @NSManaged var isShadowed: Bool
@@ -621,6 +622,7 @@ extension NSManagedObjectContext: MessageDatabaseSession {
         mentionedUserIds: [UserId],
         showReplyInChannel: Bool,
         isSilent: Bool,
+        isSystem: Bool,
         quotedMessageId: MessageId?,
         createdAt: Date?,
         skipPush: Bool,
@@ -654,7 +656,6 @@ extension NSManagedObjectContext: MessageDatabaseSession {
         }
 
         message.cid = cid.rawValue
-        message.type = parentMessageId == nil ? MessageType.regular.rawValue : MessageType.reply.rawValue
         message.text = text
         message.command = command
         message.args = arguments
@@ -666,7 +667,16 @@ extension NSManagedObjectContext: MessageDatabaseSession {
         message.reactionScores = [:]
         message.reactionCounts = [:]
         message.reactionGroups = []
-
+
+        // Message type
+        if parentMessageId != nil {
+            message.type = MessageType.reply.rawValue
+        } else if isSystem {
+            message.type = MessageType.system.rawValue
+        } else {
+            message.type = MessageType.regular.rawValue
+        }
+
         if let poll {
             message.poll = try? savePoll(payload: poll, cache: nil)
         }
@@ -686,9 +696,12 @@ extension NSManagedObjectContext: MessageDatabaseSession {
         message.user = currentUserDTO.user
         message.channel = channelDTO
 
-        let newLastMessageAt = max(channelDTO.lastMessageAt?.bridgeDate ?? createdAt, createdAt).bridgeDate
-        channelDTO.lastMessageAt = newLastMessageAt
-        channelDTO.defaultSortingAt = newLastMessageAt
+        let shouldNotUpdateLastMessageAt = isSystem && channelDTO.config.skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg
+        if !shouldNotUpdateLastMessageAt {
+            let newLastMessageAt = max(channelDTO.lastMessageAt?.bridgeDate ?? createdAt, createdAt).bridgeDate
+            channelDTO.lastMessageAt = newLastMessageAt
+            channelDTO.defaultSortingAt = newLastMessageAt
+        }
 
         if let parentMessageId = parentMessageId,
            let parentMessageDTO = MessageDTO.load(id: parentMessageId, context: self) {
@@ -813,7 +826,11 @@ extension NSManagedObjectContext: MessageDatabaseSession {
             array: payload.threadParticipants.map { try saveUser(payload: $0) }
         )
 
-        channelDTO.lastMessageAt = max(channelDTO.lastMessageAt?.bridgeDate ?? payload.createdAt, payload.createdAt).bridgeDate
+        let isSystemMessage = dto.type == MessageType.system.rawValue
+        let shouldNotUpdateLastMessageAt = isSystemMessage && channelDTO.config.skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg
+        if !shouldNotUpdateLastMessageAt {
+            channelDTO.lastMessageAt = max(channelDTO.lastMessageAt?.bridgeDate ?? payload.createdAt, payload.createdAt).bridgeDate
+        }
 
         dto.channel = channelDTO
 
@@ -1241,10 +1258,14 @@ extension MessageDTO {
             .sorted { ($0.attachmentID?.index ?? 0) < ($1.attachmentID?.index ?? 0) }
             .compactMap { $0.asRequestPayload() }
 
+        // At the moment, we only provide the type for system messages when creating a message.
+        let systemType = type == MessageType.system.rawValue ? type : nil
+
         return .init(
             id: id,
             user: user.asRequestBody(),
             text: text,
+            type: systemType,
             command: command,
             args: args,
             parentId: parentMessageId,

Sources/StreamChat/Database/DatabaseSession.swift

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ protocol MessageDatabaseSession {
         mentionedUserIds: [UserId],
         showReplyInChannel: Bool,
         isSilent: Bool,
+        isSystem: Bool,
         quotedMessageId: MessageId?,
         createdAt: Date?,
         skipPush: Bool,
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ extension MessageDatabaseSession {
         pinning: MessagePinning?,
         quotedMessageId: MessageId?,
         isSilent: Bool = false,
+        isSystem: Bool,
         skipPush: Bool,
         skipEnrichUrl: Bool,
         attachments: [AnyAttachmentPayload] = [],
@@ -239,6 +241,7 @@ extension MessageDatabaseSession {
             mentionedUserIds: mentionedUserIds,
             showReplyInChannel: false,
             isSilent: isSilent,
+            isSystem: isSystem,
             quotedMessageId: quotedMessageId,
             createdAt: nil,
             skipPush: skipPush,

Sources/StreamChat/Database/StreamChatModel.xcdatamodeld/StreamChatModel.xcdatamodel/contents

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<model type="com.apple.IDECoreDataModeler.DataModel" documentVersion="1.0" lastSavedToolsVersion="23231" systemVersion="24A348" minimumToolsVersion="Automatic" sourceLanguage="Swift" userDefinedModelVersionIdentifier="">
+<model type="com.apple.IDECoreDataModeler.DataModel" documentVersion="1.0" lastSavedToolsVersion="23507" systemVersion="23G93" minimumToolsVersion="Automatic" sourceLanguage="Swift" userDefinedModelVersionIdentifier="">
     <entity name="AttachmentDTO" representedClassName="AttachmentDTO" syncable="YES">
         <attribute name="data" attributeType="Binary"/>
         <attribute name="id" attributeType="String"/>
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         <attribute name="readEventsEnabled" attributeType="Boolean" defaultValueString="NO" usesScalarValueType="YES"/>
         <attribute name="repliesEnabled" attributeType="Boolean" defaultValueString="NO" usesScalarValueType="YES"/>
         <attribute name="searchEnabled" attributeType="Boolean" defaultValueString="NO" usesScalarValueType="YES"/>
+        <attribute name="skipLastMsgAtUpdateForSystemMsg" attributeType="Boolean" defaultValueString="NO" usesScalarValueType="YES"/>
         <attribute name="typingEventsEnabled" attributeType="Boolean" defaultValueString="NO" usesScalarValueType="YES"/>
         <attribute name="updatedAt" attributeType="Date" usesScalarValueType="NO"/>
         <attribute name="uploadsEnabled" attributeType="Boolean" defaultValueString="NO" usesScalarValueType="YES"/>

Sources/StreamChat/Generated/SystemEnvironment+Version.swift

@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ import Foundation
 
 extension SystemEnvironment {
   /// A Stream Chat version.
-  public static let version: String = "4.65.0"
+  public static let version: String = "4.66.0"
 }

Sources/StreamChat/Info.plist

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_PACKAGE_TYPE)</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>4.65.0</string>
+	<string>4.66.0</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
 	<string>$(CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION)</string>
 </dict>